WVa: Laws relaxing alcohol sales advance in Martinsburg
WVa: Laws relaxing alcohol sales advance in Martinsburg Herald-Mail Media by Matthew Umstead June 12, 2016 MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Proposed ordinances that would reduce the buffer between businesses that sell alcohol and churches to 50 feet and allow earlier Sunday alcohol sales were advanced to third and final readings Thursday by the Martinsburg City Council. State […]
Seeing Risk to Teens, Some Want a Ban on Alcohol Ads in the Subway
Seeing Risk to Teens, Some Want a Ban on Alcohol Ads in the Subway City Limits.org By Bob Kirsch June 6, 2016 It is a school day. Morning. Students in varying stages of wakefulness. Dragging themselves to school. Riding in subway cars. Standing on subway platforms. Many listen to music. Some read. Some put […]
PA: Lawmakers vote to allow wine sales in groceries
PA: Lawmakers vote to allow wine sales in groceries Times-Leader By Mark Scolforo, Associated Press June 7, 2016 HARRISBURG — Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to loosen Pennsylvania’s tightly controlled liquor system by letting groceries and other outlets sell takeout wine and by formalizing beer sales in convenience stores that have begun as a result […]
NC: Distilleries could sell more bottles direct to tourists
NC: Distilleries could sell more bottles direct to tourists WRAL By Mark Binker June 7, 2016 RALEIGH, N.C. — A provision that would expand North Carolina distilleries’ ability to sell “commemorative” bottles of their products to those who take tours raised questions during a Senate Rules Committee meeting Tuesday. The vast majority of […]
OK: Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down alcohol petition
OK: Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down alcohol petition The Washington Times By Associated Press June 8, 2016 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The Oklahoma Supreme Court has struck down a group’s initiative petition to allow wine and strong beer to be sold in grocery stores. Court documents say the court ruled 7-1 to invalidate […]
IL: Chicago Restaurants Can Now Charge You A BYOB Fee
IL: Chicago Restaurants Can Now Charge You A BYOB Fee Chicagoist By Anthony Todd June 7, 2016 If a city commission changes a rule but doesn’t actually tell anyone, did the rule change? That’s the odd conundrum that WBEZ ran into over the course of the last week. They discovered that the city’s stated […]
WI: Hold off on single beer sales ban, chief says
WI: Hold off on single beer sales ban, chief says Green Bay Pess-Gazette By Adam Rodewald, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin June 7, 2016 GREEN BAY – Police have six months to prove they can cut down public intoxication and littering around downtown before the City Council reconsiders banning single sales of beer. Police Chief Andrew […]
How Social Media Is Making You Buy Pricier Booze
How Social Media Is Making You Buy Pricier Booze Vocativ June 8, 2016 If you’re a young person, there’s a pretty good chance that there’s a Snapchat of you gleefully clutching a bottle of overpriced booze, the same brand that all your besties know and love. Stereotypical? Maybe, but a stereotype with its roots in […]
How Britain’s Tax Laws Are Hurting the UK’s Craft Beer Scene
How Britain’s Tax Laws Are Hurting the UK’s Craft Beer Scene MUNCHIES By Steve Hindy June 7, 2016 The UK has one of the most exciting craft brewing scenes in the world, but thanks to one of the most fucked-up beer excise taxes in the world, craft brewers are being held back and the […]
CDC Reports Teen Deaths From Drinking Racing Fuel.
CDC Reports Teen Deaths From Drinking Racing Fuel. CBS News (6/9, Welch) reports, “Health officials are warning about the dangers of a potentially deadly homemade concoction of racing fuel and soft drinks some teens are consuming to get drunk.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report documenting the “deaths of two Tennessee […]